EduBooks and Blogs

George Couros is the author of the book, Innovator's Mindset. He is a well known keynote speaker in the education world. He offers free massive online courses two times a year called, #IMMOOC (Innovator's Mindset Open Online Course). The course is free and asks participants to engage in a weekly

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Katie Martin spoke at the keynote at #ISTE2018 in Chicago. She has so many wonderful "what if's" to wonder and explore for the educational school system. Her new book is here. Her blog is here. Teachers Create what they Experience | Katie Martin | TEDxElCajonSalon

Launch by A.J. Juliani and John Spencer is a great book about design thinking. In fact anything, with their name on it is golden. Much of their work is on the creative process and empowering students to own their learning. The LAUNCH Cycle: A Design Thinking Framework for K-12 Students

The book, Invent to Learn, is what many educators describe as the bible for the makerspace movement. If you are interested in working with your school to create a makerspace or just want to know more about the movement, this is the book for you.

Fostering Creativity and Innovation in the Elementary Classroom (Amazon Link)

John Spencer is awesome. Check him out! He has beautiful, simple videos on a variety of topics. He also has a wonderful podcast, Creative Classroom and a blog. Mindsets: Fixed Versus Growth

This blog is my (Kathryn's) educational journey. This is where I blog about what I am reading and what I am reflecting at the time.

Theresa Ducassoux is a friend from Virginia and has a great blog that she regularly posts to. It's worth a read. Here's a blog post on what books she's been reading.

This is a great book about how to use social media for good. It's not going anywhere and do we as music educators use social media to its fullest potential? Last January, Theresa (a Twitter friend I have never met in person) and I put together a virtual book study together and submitted responses

Autonomy, Mastery and Purpose = Intrinsic Motivation How do we engage our learners in the classroom so they are intrinsically motivated and own their learning? Drive by Daniel Pink is a must read.

Joy Kirr is just awesome. She is a Language Arts middle school teacher in Arlington Heights, IL and author of this fantastic book. Check out her twitter chat sometime on Tuesdays at 7:00 p.m. #ShiftThis The picture you see to the left is a mission statement I created last summer after I read Shi